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TAG. I No. 298,711. Patented May 13, 1884.

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JOHN 0. ST. JOHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO FISHER M. CLARKE, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,711, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed December 31, 1883. (No model.)

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. ST. JOHN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to tags or price-tickcts, and especially that class thereof which are provided with a staple for attaching the same to the desired article; and it consists in the novelrneans hereinafter described for holding the staple in position.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a back view of the tag containing the fastener, showing adhesive substance in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a face view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side sectional view showing the fastener and the tag and adhesive substance. Fig. 4. is a view of the fastener alone.

Similar letters indicate similar parts.

The letterA designates the back of astaple, and B C the ends or prongs thereof,the whole being composed of a single piece of metal. Said ends B G of the staple are bent at right angles to the backAthereof into and through the card composing the body of the tag, so that such back lies on the face of the card, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, while the projecting ends may be inserted into the article as a garment-Tm which the tag is to be fastened.

In order to carry out my invention, I bend the metal in the required form and perforate the card by passing the tangs or prongs B 0 through it as far as the back of the staple will permit. Then, by means of a brush or otherwise, I apply to the under side of the card a film or coating, D, of adhesive substance, such as mucilage, in the line or direct-ion of the staple, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, leaving the face of the card entirely plain, which has theeffect of not only holding the staple in place on the card, but also of stiffening the card. The adhesive substance flows into the perforations made by the sharp tangs orprongs B O, and thus holds the staple to the sides of said perforations.

By constructing the fastener of the staple it leaves a large space on the face of the card for letters, figures, or description, and it also takes the least wire to produce it, so that, besides making it a very effective fastener, such construction, enables it to be manufactured at a low cost.

I do not claim, broadly, the use of a staple for securing a tag, neither do I claim asupplemental strip cemented to the back of the card between the ends or prongs of the staple, such being old; but

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A tag or price-ticket consisting of the card, the staple having its ends B O bent at right angles to the backAthercof into and through the card, to bring such back upon the face of the card, and the film D of adhesive material applied to the under side of the card in the line of the staple, thereby uniting the latter to the card by flowing into the perforations of the card produced by the ends of the staple,

and also stiffening the card.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN 0. ST. JOHN.

W'itnesses:

FRANCIS CLARE BOWEN, THos. MORE SMIT 

